He had a . . . pottle of strawberries in one hand.
Dickens.
Pottle draught, taking a pottle of liquor at one draught. [ Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
||Pot"to (?), n. (Zoˆl.) (a) A nocturnal mammal (Perodictius potto) of
||the Lemur family, found in West Africa. It has rudimentary
||forefingers. Called also aposoro, and bush dog. (b) The kinkajou.
Pott's" dis*ease" (?). (Med.) Caries of the vertebrÊ, frequently
resulting in curvature of the spine and paralysis of the lower
extremities; -- so named from Percival Pott, an English surgeon.
Pott's fracture, a fracture of the lower end of the fibula, with
displacement of the tibia. Dunglison.
Pot"u*lent (?), a. [L. potulentus, fr. potus a drinking, drink, fr.
potare to drink.] 1. Fit to drink; potable. [Obs.] Johnson.